blooper!

My driver dropped me but carried my shoes back!
What a day!!

slow like a snail

pain points: right knee
distance: 20km
time: 2:24 mins
consumed: 1 nutrition bar and 400ml water.

new low.

*Ads that lost the purpose. Incomplete data*

Distance: 13km
Time taken: 1.5 hours
Effort: First 5 k struggled, major walk breaks. Last 10k was walk in the park.
Consumption: half nutrition bar and 5oo ml water.

fresh start

Distance: 21km
Time taken: 2 hours 5o mins
Effort: Struggled after 16km, walked the last 5km

new wants.

oops...

reality bites.

target: 3.2km
achieved: 3 km
effort: burnt out
outcome: gave up sooner than target
avg speed: 12kmph

struggle begins

Distance: 2 miles
Time: 19 minutes
Effort: Struggled.

training begins

Distance: 2 Miles
Time: 19 minutes
Effort: Easy

announcing my arrival

my mail to "runners for life"

Hello all,

I bet most of you must be wondering that the sender's name was in some form was familiar.... yes, this is the same Dileep who used to mail a whole lot on this group till I was forced to take a sabbatical from running...

i have not been reading any running related emails (to avoid disappointment and discomfort that i am not running & thus have succesfully added 13 kilos :) yes...I have had people pulling my cheek... really i have had to make more buckle holes in my belt in the last 4 months than in the last 4 years...lets get back to the point)... this is the first running related mail i picked up in close to 4 months.. after a half marathon distance on sunday... and i am so charged to do a 50k run... this dream *will* be followed up a decent training schedule... until and unless something unexpected happens (and definetly hope it is NOT back to back like this time around).. btb i did run today's quota of 2 miles... according to the schedule mentioned in the mail...

thanks for your time.. i know this mail was unproductive for you.. but had to share my excitement of getting back to running.. :)

miles to go...
Dileep..

my first run

My first run in close to 4 months.

felt like i was sailing..
felt on top of the world.

Start Time: 5:10 am
Distance: 21+ km
Finish Time: 7:50 am

Why an ultra marathon?

(Thanks to madhu.)

Let it be acknowledged that all life is purpose struggle. Now let us see why an endurance athlete is adapted to this:

• She sets a goal usually aggressive but realistic and mostly achievable. (All life is usually milestones set and hopefully passed.)
• She trains very hard for this.
• There is considerable pain and struggle in the effort. This pain is however good pain in that it is self-imposed for a purposive goal and the pain transforms into pleasure along the way.
• The goal is achieved mostly but some times not.
• If not achieved she tries without giving up again and again till success.
• If achieved she sets new more aggressive goals to further enhance the abilities. She does not know what the limit is.
• As an essential byproduct she builds in an intense tolerance threshold for pain and this helps enormously in real life.
• During an endurance event and the training, the progress is never even. There are highs and lows, ups and downs and all these she will learn to deal with as they come and in an equanimous manner. What more can the Bhagavad Gita teach such a yogini?
• The byproduct of good health though enormous is here made light due to the larger good effects of a strong spirit.
• and so on...

Clearly, since life is the ultimate endurance "sport" if you will, this is how the endurance athlete equips herself .

Go do it. Whatever.